Support Caregivers. Protect Patients. These four powerful words provide the mission for TIDI Products LLC employees. So when the company corona treats LDPE on their blown film lines the stakes are high. TIDI\u2019s customers depend on their hospital gowns and related products to protect them. This means their extrusion and converting lines need to perform at the highest levels. When it comes to corona treating, TIDI has found Enercon to be their vendor of choice for both custom and standard projects. Its most recent project involved replacing a problematic corona treater on a blown film line. In the process, TIDI learned that Enercon delivers on four words of their own: Reliability. Efficiency. Customization. Support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe run these blown film lines 24\/7. They supply the entire plant. If we have extended downtime on these lines it can create issues for our entire production schedule,\u201d says Project Engineer Aaron Riddle. Corona treatment at the time of extrusion is a critical requirement for successful TPT (Tissue \/Paper \/Tissue) lamination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the years, TIDI has been replacing older corona treating power supplies in the plant with Enercon units. \u201cWe have a lot of experience with Enercon power supplies. They are bulletproof, very reliable, and amazingly easy to troubleshoot compared to our older systems,\u201d says Paul Hallman, Electrical Project Technician. This was the initial reason the company chose to work with Enercon on the new project. Along the way, they learned about many more advantages of working with Enercon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For TIDI\u2019s blown film application Enercon specified a system with stainless steel electrodes. This provided immediate results. Their previous system from a different vendor had cheaper electrodes made from aluminum. Paul Hallman explains, \u201cThe other corona treater required a lot of maintenance. The electrodes oxidized and a white powder was created which was an ongoing problem.\u201d With the Enercon corona treater this problem has gone away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cOur team was really impressed with how Enercon\u2019s application expertise and technology combined for such an efficient system design. Even performing routine maintenance is an efficiency improvement. The pivoting and hinged design of the Enercon electrode assembly is vastly superior to anything we\u2019ve worked with before. The access for cleaning is excellent.\u201d<\/p>\nPaul Hallman, Electrical Project Technician at TIDI<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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